Help On Gaming With HP Pavilion dv6-1009tx

[onlyforgot]

Hello all,

I just bought a HP Pavilion dv6-1009tx from ITShow 09. I'm using this notebook for tertiary education and some gaming too. I was wondering if the notebook's dedicated GPU is able to handle games such as Left4Dead, Red Alert 3 (on med quality). I won't be expecting to play high-end games like Crysis, Empire Total War.
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HP Pavilion dv6-1009tx Specifications:

Processor, operating system and memory
Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 32-bit

Processor type
Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology
• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600
• 2.40 GHz , 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB

Standard memory
4096 MB

Memory type
DDR2 800 MHz

Memory layout
(2 x 2048 MB)

System features
Internal drives
500 GB

Hard disk drive speed
5400 rpm

Optical drive type
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support

Lightscribe
Lightscribe included

Display size
16.0" High Definition HP Brightview Infinity Display with AG Panel

Display resolution
1366 x 768

Graphic subsystem name
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Video RAM
512 MB dedicated memory

External I/O ports
4 USB 2.0 (4th shared with eSATA port), 1 HDMI, 1 eSATA Combo, 1 VGA port, 1 RJ-11, 1 RJ45, Expansion Port 3, 2 Headphone out, 1 Microphone in, IEEE 1394 Firewire, Consumer IR, AC Adapter, Integrated Fingerprint reader

Expansion slots
One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

Speakers and microphone
Altec Lansing® speakers

Webcam
HP Pavilion Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone

Network interface
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN

Wireless technologies
802.11a/b/g/n WLAN
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Please advise on this. Thanks for all the help.

[krionX]

"I was wondering if the notebook's dedicated GPU is able to handle games..."

Shouldn't you be asking this before you bought it?

[deathman91]

Since you have bought it, why don't u just try it out?

[cueball1981]

NO problem la.. L4d is on cs engine
and cs is not that gpu hunger

[MrJacky]

NO problem la.. L4d is on cs engine
and cs is not that gpu hunger
CS engine or Source engine?

There's a difference between CS and Source.

[GhostZM]

You shouldn't have a problem playing Left 4 Dead..but not sure abt Red Alert 3.


CheerS!!!;)

[firray]

Wah powerful notebook, how much you got it in the IT show?

[cathy.]

Isn't the 9200M GS an integrated card?

[SomeFormOFhuman]

You can play the following games but all at very low settings and at a very low resolution. It won't get you far. And yes like the others have mentioned, you should've researched this before buying. Don't be an impulse buyer. ;)

@ cathy: Good question. I will have that checked out. But I doubt so.

[SpeedyFire]

Isn't the 9200M GS an integrated card?

It's not. Definitely discrete.

[MrJacky]

Isn't the 9200M GS an integrated card?
Only the 9100M G and 9400M G are in the GeForce 9M series.

[yeoyeo]

i doubt u will get good or even average performance with 9200m GS.. even if it manages to display the gfx correctly without errors.